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In his excellent article "Jira and Jira Align Integration: Issue, Story, and Epic Management" my buddy @Tim Keyes provides a nice overview of the basics of integrating Jira stories and epics with Jira Align. One area that, in my opinion, deserves additional discussion is how to integrate Jira defects with Jira Align. First…

In every Jira Align implementation, I’ve found myself sharing with the client an analogy that a Jira Align implementation is like a car. An implementation can seem like a car racing down the highway at 70 mph while installing a tire, adding 2 quarts of oil, and deciding what type of car it is. It’s incredibly apt because…

In 2001, as the dot com bubble burst, a Proxicom executive called an urgent meeting. Standing on a desk in front of us, he said we needed to cut expenses, analysts cared about more than just revenue now... Huh? The execs had focused on revenue, not profitability? Yes, it was the momentum stock era, but hadn’t they seen…

I’m asked regularly why some Jira Align implementations fail and others succeed. Here are some of the failure patterns I’ve seen over the years that should be considered by organizations of all sizes. No Executive Champion – First and foremost is the lack of a senior executive’s active involvement and guidance of the…

This sculpture inspires me. It spoke to me deeply when I first laid eyes on it in the gallery at Makai Glass Maui. It speaks to me now as I glance at it in my office while writing this post. Each time I look at it I am inspired to create and share – to create more meaningful content to share to impact others; to share my…

Every firm developing software with multiple teams, let alone aspiring to full business agility, can benefit from Jira Align. The key factors as to whether you benefit from Jira Align are under executive control. Which factors determine if you’re ready? It all starts at the executive level. C-Level Leadership - In 6.5…

For companies to realize Jira Align’s full value requires clarity and commitment on the part of the company and competence and experience implementing Jira Align by the partner you choose to use. How do you know if you are working with a competent implementer? The implementation lead must have a range and depth of skills…

I’ve been implementing Jira Align for 6.5 years; I've seen organizations face challenges realizing Align's value potential. I see Jira Align’s potential to transform organizations in a way no other platform can but only if leadership has the willingness to change mindsets to allow and enable value to be delivered. Let's…

Hi Everyone, @Claire De Cortasked an excellent question regarding the launch of Safe 5.0 and what is the Jira Align roadmap to reflect the changes? I thought I'd share my perspective of what Jira Align already includes that supports SAFe 5.0, as well as some things I'd love to see added to Jira Align, and then ask all of…

Hello and Happy Friday from Land O' Lakes, Florida, USA! Today's Friday Fun is a topic about the balance in the universe - every negative has a positive and every positive has a negative. What is the greatest gift for you from our current reality in a covid-19 pandemic? While many of us may have lost someone to the disease…

Hi my fellow Jira Align users, I love working with clients to implement and use Jira Align for better decision-making at all levels. One of the realities of life when doing analysis with Jira Align (at least for me) is I want to look at two related but different versions of the same view at the same time. A perfect example…

Hi Everyone, I answering @JS's question on Transitioning from Portfolio to Align, it made me think of a great question to ask the Jira Align community - What are your personal biggest take-aways, pain points, or learnings during or after your own organization's implementation of Jira Align/AgileCraft? @Ann Bouvier- Any…

Hi Everyone, I've been implementing, coaching, and using Jira Align for 4 years now. In that time I've developed a preference for coaching new users, especially RTEs and Product Managers, to use a basic 4 - 5 go-to views for quickly determining the health and progress of the programs/ARTs. My favorites include: * Program…

As @Tim Keyes shares in his new article Jira Align and Jira Integration: Jira Management Shared Sprints and Origin Sprints: The Jira Align 10.61 Release provided an updated user interface for Jira Align Admin > Jira Management that includes an option for Jira sprints to sync with the options of "only sprints created on…